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[quote="Rich N"]January 15th 2012
Sunday evening SLT £2 freezeout
7 players, £14 pool

1st Emma £10
2nd Anton £4
3rd Dave
4th Catherine
5th Mark
6th Jack
7th Richard

The biggest turnout of the 2011/12 season also saw a first win for Emma, some Casino Royale-style clashing of big hands, the debut appearance of Anton's cucumber and Mark's crumpet, and the intervention of the devil. Not bad for a Sunday evening down the bar.

Perhaps it was the larger number of players, or perhaps the amount of alcohol that had been consumed by several competitors before the start, but we were almost straight into the action with some early forcing bets hoping to reduce the field.

In what seems to be developing into a dangerous habit, Richard was all-in within the first half-hour. He was a danger to no one but himself, though. Hitting two pairs on a flop of 8-Q-4, he committed the schoolboy error of waiting a card too long to go all-in. A 9 on the turn gave Anton a straight, he called duly called and Richard was out just before 7.30pm.

A few minutes later and it was Catherine's turn to force the betting. But there were no takers for her all-in bet, Jack and Anton preferring to rely on a steady accumulation of chips to create some early clear water between them and the rest of the field. Anton was guilty of some early breaches of cucumber etiquette, but no punishments were imposed, and after an initial warning he managed to control his worst excesses.

As if to raise the stakes, at 8.20pm Satan himself decided to intervene in the game. Dave was all-in with A-J and had been called by Jack, with Q-8 suited, when a beastly flop of 6-6-6 had everyone reaching for the salt. For the time being at least, the Prince of Darkness was clearly on Dave's side, a Jack on the turn and an Ace on the river giving him a choice of full houses.

Clearly shaken by the experience, four players were out in the following 30 minutes. At 8.28pm, Jack went all-in on a board of 4-4-8, but Emma's pair of 8s gave her a full house and Jack was out.

Two minutes later and Mark was all-in with a mighty pair of 2s. Anton called with pocket 9s, the board proved no use to anyone, and Mark too was out, his lucky crumpet apparently not so lucky after all.

At 8.35pm Catherine went all-in with J-8 and Emma called with A-J of diamonds. Catherine paired an 8 on the turn, but it was also the third diamond on the board, Emma made a flush and Catherine was out.

A few minutes before the break, Dave was all-in with A-6 suited and Emma, with K-2, called again. This time the devil had clearly deserted Dave's cause, Emma made trip-Kings and Dave was out.

Just as it was impossible to imagine the action getting any more dramatic, the after-break resumption saw a hand worthy of Ian Fleming himself. For the second time in the evening there were trips on the flop - this time three 2s - despite odds against a flopped 3-of-a-kind of 424-1. Chips poured into the middle as Anton hit a full-house on the turn, but his boat was to prove no match for Emma's four of a kind.

Now reduced to a severe chip deficit, Anton 'Le Chiffre' Krause was soon all-in with K-4. Emma, holding K-9, called. A flop of 6-J-A maintained Emma's lead, but a subsequent 10-K meant the kickers became irrelevant and the pot was split.

At just after 9.45pm, Anton decided to put faith in his cucumber alone. Challenged to go all-in blind, he did just that. Emma called, but her 8-9 suited proved no match for Anton's Jack-high.

But Anton's salad-inspired survival was to prove unsustainable. Just as the clock ticked past 10pm for the second week running, he was all-in again with 10-2. Emma called with J-9, and with both players pairing their high card on the board, the Jack prevailed and Emma took her first victory. Just don't suggest the devil had anything to do with it...

See you all soon for more of the same.

R[/quote]

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